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• TITLE: Textile Environmental Conditioning: Effect of Relative Humidity Variation on the Tensile Properties of Different Fabrics

  AUTHORS: Mansoor Iqbal, Munazza Sohail, Aleem Ahmed, Kamran Ahmed, Arsheen Moiz, Khalil Ahmed

  KEYWORDS: Tensile Properties; Relative Humidity; Temperature; Fiber; Silk; Polyester; Cotton

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, Vol.2 No.2, June 29, 2012

  ABSTRACT: With the aim that to confirm the need for humidity control in the environment in which textile sample are visually and instrumentally analyzed, three different pre-conditioned fabrics sample of cotton, polyester and silk were treated at a fix temperature of 21?C. The relative humidity adjusted to four levels: 55%, 65%, 75% and 85% RH for a conditioning time of 24 hours as specified in ASTM D-1776-98. It has been observed that as the relative humidity increase from 55% to 85% cotton increase its tensile strength, silk losses its strength and there was no significant change observed in the tensile strength of polyester fabric.